fs100: Strange Behavior on Aerials

[Pegasus]

Earlier today I shot some aerial footage from a helicopter ... my first using the HVX and FS100. Most of the clips are not useable and I don't think it was a camera problem. I was shooting 720p30 with the FS100 set to record Native Quicktime. Before the flight I did a short test record to make sure we had a firewire connection ... and did. During the flight, the record/pause seemed to work in the viewfinder, yet the footage looks like it was recorded randomly. The other issue is that on several clips a portion of the clip repeats itself numerous times. Like something was set on loop mode, although that was not the case. Very Strange. Could a intermittent firewire connection cause this?

I've use the fs-100 on several projects, always a bit nervous about the results, but it's worked out. My main gripe, albeit small, has been that you can't see fs100 timecode throught the camera's monitor out. This issue though, makes me very nervous about it's reliability, particularly in adverse situations.

ric

 

[THoff]

http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=91492

 

[Pegasus]

Ouch! Didn't see that one. Fortunately not a $3000 mistake for me. Any other experiences?

 

[cbdv]

Take a look at this thread, both p2 store and fs 100 had a tough time in the cold, good thread and some real nice results.

http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=88125&highlight=helicopter

 

[Pegasus]

Yea, in the cold but still used a fs100. Mine wasn't nearly that successful.
ric

 

[Sumfun]

Pegasus,

Same thing happened to me today, but I was on a biplane. This was with the Red Baron aerobatics team, and I was so pi$$ed when I saw the results.

The record light on the HVX seemed to work fine, but the FS100 only recorded several seconds, then skipped to a later time, then kept skipping again. And I did get a clip where a portion kept repeating itself. When we did loops, I was so proud of myself for keeping the other planes in the frame, but NONE of that footage even came out. I tried the repair disk and repair clip, but they didn't recover any data. So basically, none of the footage is usable.

I had taken the FS100 on a (small) roller coaster before, and it worked fine. So I thought it would be able to handle the vibration in the airplane. Personally, I didn't think the vibration in the plane was that bad, but apparently it was bad enough for the FS100 to malfunction. I don't own any P2 cards, so that was not an option. But I do have a Canon HV20 that I probably should have used instead (hindsight is 20/20).

The bright side is that all the footage before and after the flight is fine. But now I'll know not to depend on the FS100 in situations where vibration is involved.